1970 July 4th Parade Latrobe PA (Latrobe's very 1st July 4th parade)

[64mung]

CORRECTION.>>>>>THIS FOOTAGE IS FROM 1970!!! The movie reels are marked "1969", But this footage is actually from "1970"

My mistake ;)

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[glhswccc]

WOW! From between Ligonier and Jefferson streets on Irving Avenue. I see the, now demolished and replaced, Dell (now Frederick) Funeral Home and the gas station, still standing, at the top of Irving Avenue. The parade was going toward the stadium on Irving Avenue; it now goes in the opposite direction, now starting and stopping at Memorial Stadium. This is before my time, but fun nonetheless.

[64mung]

@glhswccc Hello, glhswccc. You know my old neighborhood well! I spent many hours playing in the parking lot of Dell's Funeral Home :) This was the only year the parade went down Irving Ave. From 1970 and on..the parade went in the opposite direction.

I have the first four parades on 8mm film, I hope to transfer the films to digital video in the future. I will post them when I can.

I'm happy you enjoyed the film!

Thanks for the comment :)

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[glhswccc]

WOW! From between Ligonier and Jefferson streets on Irving Avenue. I see the, now demolished and replaced, Dell (now Frederick) Funeral Home and the gas station, still standing, at the top of Irving Avenue. The parade was going toward the stadium on Irving Avenue; it now goes in the opposite direction, now starting and stopping at Memorial Stadium. This is before my time, but fun nonetheless.

[marcmickey]

Hello My Friend

Lets See If YT Lets Me Comment Tonight

This Is Fantastic -- Its Great To Have Stuff Like This -- I Remember Seeing Ares As A Kid -But Its All Gone Now---

Take Care

And Hang On To Them Great Videos

Marc

[64mung]

Hello, Mark :) I'm having problems commenting too..something's up with YT!

Yea, I love these old flicks too..I have a box full :)

Hope all is well at the marcmickey house:)

Take care..

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[Tadek59]

The interesting video !

5*****

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Thank you very much, Tadek 59 :)

Thanks for the rating too!

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[econoroller]

Mime molestation?

sounds kinky (and very quiet) HA HA HA HA

seriously, loved the vid, particularly the old fire truck!

I'm a freak for old stuff like that from better times long gone

thanx for sharing the cool memories with us :)

[64mung]

LOL!..that's about as kinky as it gets, I can't wait to hear the story:)

Glad you enjoyed the old footage, Darin..I love this old stuff too, it brings back a lot of memories!

Thanks, man :)

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[SteelCorsetProductns]

Very sweet. Ask your wife to tell you about us molesting the mime when we went to this parade when we were in high school!

[64mung]

A mime????

I can't wait to hear this one!

[BigLoveZone]

Back in the day when your parents said, "Be home by dark". We'd play all over town and never imagined things would be any different. Cool video, Sparky!

[64mung]

Those were the days! Keys left in the car, house doors never locked. When I was a kid, we would sleep out on the front porch all summer long, roam the streets of Latrobe all day, hang out at the pool for hours and hours...and that's when I was in grade school:) you're right Trixy, we never imagined things would be any different. What the hell happened?

Thanks for checking this out, Bobbie :)

Sparky >:-)

[MChelada]

Nostalgic Americana. Your father sure knew how to make jump cuts between the various floats and cars. And a thrill to see your mayor casually strolling about and taking in the sights; no choke of security guards. Do you remember being there?

[64mung]

Thanks, Michael :) My dad tried to get as much of the parade as he could before the film ran out..200 feet of film clicks by pretty fast, you have about 90 seconds per reel.

My father was friends with the Mayor, he stopped by to say hello, he was a pretty cool guy :)

ZERO security was needed back then, people just did the right thing.

I remember this well!! Everything from the parade to the fireworks:)

Thanks for the comment, my friend :)

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